{"id":1169208,"date":"2020-03-03T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T22:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1015903"},"modified":"2020-03-03T16:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T22:48:23","slug":"tomra-opens-regional-headquarters-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1169208","title":{"rendered":"Tomra opens regional headquarters in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomra, a manufacturer of sensor-based sorting solutions for mineral applications, has opened a new regional headquarters to support its customers in southern Africa. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new facility is part of an initiative to provide additional technical support, service and training as well as prompt spare parts supply to local companies.<\/p>\n<p>Tomra\u2019s new facility includes offices, a warehouse, spare parts area and training and meeting rooms with additional space to demonstrate the company\u2019s sensor-based sorting technologies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> Tomra\u2019s new 1,800-sq.-metre facility includes offices, a warehouse, spare parts area and training and meeting rooms <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis investment affirms Tomra\u2019s wholehearted and long-term commitment to southern Africa. This is a growing market, and one we take very seriously.&#8221; Albert du Preez, senior VP and head of Tomra, said in a release.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 26-strong team operating out of our new headquarters will support customers in South Africa and all other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>In April, a 1,758-carat diamond, one of the largest in recorded history, was recovered in Botswana&nbsp;through Tomra X-Ray Transmission&nbsp;sorting technology. <\/p>\n<p>South Africa is also a crucial global supplier of chrome ore and ferrochrome.<\/p>\n<p>Tomra provides technology-led solutions that enable the circular economy with collection and sorting systems that optimize resource recovery and minimize waste in the food, recycling and mining industries.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This article first appeared in the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianminingjournal.com\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Canadian<br \/>\nMining 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